northwest of richmond. that rain should be arriving on the i-95 corridor between fredericksburg and downtown within the next 2, 2 1/2 hours. be ready to be dealing with the drops all day long today. heaviest of rain likely in time for your lunch hour. your 24-hour focus, rain moving in this morning. temperatures are in the upper 40s. showers likely to continue through about 9:00, 10:00 this evening, turning much colder as breezy northwest winds start to take the rain out and bring the cold in for the weekend. that part of the forecast is minutes away. for now more trouble on the roads with melissa mollet. >> trouble on the roads again. we're still single track on the redline this morning. single tracking between there. we're excelling it to get out testify way in the next couple of minutes. right now east montrose road after 270. did have a partial blockage. looks like that may have been cleared out of the way only because the roads are now green there. we'll check that for you.

inner loop and outer loop rolling along just fine. allen town road, that has cleared out of the way. taking a look at 55 and 95, take a look. you can see. right now it's all coming in on 66. aaron and eun? >> right now at the live desk we're following a developing situation in southeast. a metrobus driver is in the hospital. he was stapped on his bus. police say he and a rider got into something before it happened last night. now, police tell us they have arrested one person. they say the bus driver was awake when taken to the hospital and that he is going to be okay. back to you. >> thanks, kristin. developing right now in baltimore. frustration after the jury could not reach a decision in the trial of a police officer connected to the death of freddie gray. we saw that frustration and outrage expressed mostly peacefully through protests all

over the city. and we could see more protests today as the city gears up for another trial in this case. that's received national attention. let's go to "news4's" megan mcgrath who's live in baltimore with more. megan, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, eun. the mood here is very calm. if you look behind me, you can see there are lots of people out and about this morning making their way to work. we're seeing delivery drivers coming and making those early morning deliveries. nothing out of the ordinary. this is central and north of pennsylvania avenue. this is where much of the looting and unrest happened back in april following the death of freddie gray. while there is disappointment, the jury -- >> megan mcgrath is live in baltimore. we'll try to get back to megan where more protests could happen today as the officers charging in the death of freddie gray goes on trial. here are four things to know

about this effort. depending on how a closed door meeting between the judge and the attorneys goes today, we could learn that today. if it happened we'll alert you. caesar goodson goes on trial. that begins january 6th. sauvgs chose to try officer porter first hoping to use him as a witness in other trials. this mistrial could make that difficult. also attorneys may want to poll the jury to try to find their thoughts about the trial. a developing story in montgomery county. one man is dead after a shooting in german town. this happened last night on sageway. a neighbor heard a victim's cries for help and called police. he said the victim told him he didn't know who had shot him. today we'll learn about the buggest budget ever. governor terry mcauliffe clearly putting stujts first.

it includes adding 2,500 teaching positions and spending $50 million for at risk students. it provides $13 million for veterans and $50 million for the airport to make it more competitive. the impact in a crash could be most severe. the trinity industry's guardrail system passed a all the federal tests earlier this year. virginia didn't think those tests were suv aenltd paid for its own. trinity system passed most of those too. but the state tests did reveal some problems when cars hit a guardrail at a specific angle. >> summers will be shorter in prince william county. we told you yesterday they were considering a prelabor day start. last night they voted unanimously to vote for classes. they start the new year on august 29th, 2016 and ends it on june 15, 2017.

health care officials in maryland are deciding whether to move a hospital. the maryland health care commission is recommending movinged a venn tent hospital in tacokoma park. if approved staff would be moved to a new location in plum orchard drive. marking a milestone. what alan gross is saying about his new freedom as the two countries knock down another barrier between them. the current religious holidays that could soon be dropped from the school calendar. plus, we're watching this line of rain that pushes in into our region. the impact it could have

developing in tennessee, a tense standoff is over and police have the suspected againman in custody. a sheriff's deputy and a woman were both shot in carter county. both are expected to recover. police receiving the call last night for a drunk man waving a gun around and threatening people in a neighborhood. he barricaded himself in a house for hours and fired more than 30 rounds at officers. remember a man who hovered outside capitol grounds with his helicopter. he wants a seat inside. he said this is not a stunt. he says he cares a lot about getting big money out of politics and wants to continue his fight for campaign finance reform. hughes still faces charges in the incident and will likely be sentenced next year. a new challenge to virginia's effort to faze out confederate license plates. they filed bill to allow the

sons of confederate veterans. he ordered the confederate flag off plates back in jeune following a church shooting. good morning, everyone. weather alert day on nbc 4. the weather will impact your plans today. we'll also be putting extra postings on our social media platforms as well. stay with us on social media. here's the way the rain's moving on in. already raining in the shenandoah valley. still rang. if you have dog walking to do, hurry up, everybody. temperatures moving up with rain increasing as the morning commute works along and steady showers continue on into the afternoon commute as well. the weather and your plans, leave earth. it will be slow going for the morning commute. steady showers will keep things going. if you're flying in and out,

delays will be possible. call your carrier and find out the latest on your particular flight. your weekend. it will be colder. that part of the forecast is in ten little ol' minutes. a tough day on metro so far. >> this is the same problem from yesterday. now moving forward to today here this morning. so right now between medical center and friendship heights we're single tracking because of the problem at bethesda. 29 at blackburn road, that popped up on our radar here. eastbound after 270 right now you can't turn on to oak's boulevard. 270 south and top of the beltway, rolling along just fine. 66 is looking good. 24 minutes from kwan co-to the beltway and remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. to make sure the red line is running along just fine. you've heard the expression

"bloodcurdling," that may not be that far off when we take you to a movie. they wait for word on a retrial.

it's 6:14 as we watch a heavy line on rain moving into the region. "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell is watching when the heaviest rain will track. the inland regional center says repairs to two buildings in the complex should be done by january 4th. the building where the shooting actually took place has major damage and is closed indefinitely. now, the two shooters responsible for that massacre have now been buried. tashfeen malik and syed farook were privately buried in southern california this week. they say malik did not post any suspicious messages online before she was granted a visa. she only sent e-mails and

private messages to farook before coming to the u.s. today in merry, washington, a student is expected to plead not guilty in his housemate's murder. he'll use an insanity defense. he's accused of strangling her earlier this year. a veteran of the merry police department is off the job this morning. he's accused of sex assault charges. a victim told "the free lance-star" she was attacked on the campus while summers was on duty. he resigned from the department on monday after being suspended the day before. >> alan gross says he would return totqv)s!a if given the chance. one year ago gross re-entered after spending five years in a cuban jail. he was arrested back in 2009. they accused him of trying to destabilize that communist regime. gross was freed as part of a

prisoner exchange. now rj it could soon be easier to fly to havana as we mark one year since easing relations between u.s. and cuba. the two are negotiating a deal to let commercial flights into cuba's capital. right now you have to take a chaerted flight. in the days ahead we expect changes on capitol hill. the $1.1 trillion deal averts a government shutdown. it also sparse middle-class americans from tax increases. 6:17. senator barbara mikulski has it tracked down to get the fbi to build its building in maryland. she has $300 million for it to happen in maryland. in decision 2016 an endorsement for bernie sanders. it would be his biggestiest.

the communications workers of the american union will throw its support behind him. it represents 17,000 american workers. >> in "news4 your health" developing cancer may be partly your own fault. they say reckless lifestyle and living in a poor environmental may have more of an impact than bad dna. they say external factors can influence the rate of stem cells. heavy smoking, diet, and how much you drink accounts for between 70% and 90% of gene mutation that make cancerous tumors. apparently scary moves really do curdle your blood. >> i knew it. >> i was going to scream but thought it would be a bad idea. fear causes our bodies to release a little bit of protein called factor 8, the fear factor. >> da-da da.

>> some watched a scary movie while others watching a documentary. those watching a scary move released 50 higher levels of factor 8 protein. ♪ hello, how are you >> we're excited. adele tickets go on sale today at 10:00 a.m. you can try to buy tickets to see adele at the verizon center. the shows are expected to sell out very quickly. the minute you go online it's going to be gone. so good luck. >> productivity is going way down at 9:50 this morning. you won't get any work done. >> take me with you. you'll get a chance to see the unprecedent president of the united states in the wilderness. >> he'll be on "running wild"

with bare grylls. >> one of the a great things about the wild is it is. it doesn't matter if he's the commander in chief. we're in backcountry, black bears around. back in september the president took a trip to alaska. grylls said the president is a fan of the show. you can see running wild with bear grylls tonight followed by "news4" at 11:00. >> braver man than me. you have to eat weird stuff. >> i don't think there was a lot of that under the watchful eye of the secret service. >> and bear grylls is going to help you stay alive. chuck bell is going to show

us how toll deal with the weather. >> if you've got lunch plans today york u may want to plan to leave early or stay put because it's going to be running pretty hard at lunchtime. leading edge of the rain drops here in the northeastern maryland. it should be raining in bethesda before 7:00 a.m. it's only an hour to an hour and half and slows things down. if you have a morning commute coming up i-95, the sooner you get on the road, the faster you'll get into town. moderate rain out here toward rappahannock county as well. here's future weather. that first batch of rain moves into the metro arriving at 9:00 and 10:00 this morning. heaviest rain. here's noontime. look at all the yellows and oranges.

rain will start to ease up. still dry around the metro. rainfall intent today will come down heavy at times so take the big umbrella on your way out the door this morning. rain chances after today, we go back into the dry weather pattern as we head into the weekend. so planning out the day, then, 46 now, we'll be in the 40s with rain moving in this morning. heaviest rain between 1 178 and and 2:00 or 3:00 as temperatures climb basically up into the 50s. the next beg change arrives between torn and early tomorrow morning. costs go through. turns the rain off. tomorrow's windchills will stay in the 30s. friday night, windchills, teens and 20s. as you get into your weekend, saturday and sunday will be filled with sunshine. it will be our coldest weekend since last winter. highs only in the low 40s. how much rain might you expect, that's coming up in ten minutes.

for now, trouble in rockville from melissa mollet. still have this problem in rockville. take a look at the screen here. rig right, you cannot turn left. something ellsworth mentioning on my mon tofrmt starting to see some rain in the further outportions of 66. again, you're going to have to work the windshield wipers. let's have a look at other issues. south of 129 at blackburn road, one lane trying to get past a crash. here, no issues, everybody behaving themselves. also on five, inbound and that is totally normal here for this time of the morning. 66 eastbound before lehigh v a crash now on the shoulder. and then take a look now at all of this moisture coming in. you're really going to have to use those windshield wipers this morning. i'm back in 10 minutes with some travel time. >> all right, mms. thank you. an apparent row dennet problem

in one northwest d.c. neighborhood could cause a ticket. they're going through to see what could be causing this issue. it includes trash cans, high grass and debris. jason van dyke is formally indicted in laquan mcdonald's death. there was a video that reviewed the victim was shot 16 times. prosecutors charged him with one count of murder. he now faces six counts. mcdonald was walking down the street and carrying a knife with a three-inch blade when he was shot. a service officer who was killed was a victim. baldwin had been on

administrative leave after being accused of breaking into his girl friend's house in the spring. he was not armed. police don't believe the shooting had anything to do with the allegations. they are still looking for three people in their teens or early 20s. the family of a young man murdered in maryland is pleading for answers. daryl kimg's family held a candlelight vigil. hi was murdered after a house party back in july. police have no suspects right now and no mow it is. >> if somebody knows something, police come out. say something. if it was their family member, they would want justice too. >> right now police have a $258,000 award. d.c. congresswoman eleanor norton wants the zoo to consider cutting its hours. right now they open at 6:00 a.m. people are upset they won't be

able to walk through the zoo in early mornings. they say they should have asked for public input before making that decision. today the howard county school board will vote on a big change in the school calendar. the board will decide whether they should remove the jewish holidays of yom kippur and roush hashanah. it's a gift that all kids seem to want this holiday season but we'll show you the latest problem facing the maker of those popular hover boards. a live look in southeast washington now where the sal valgs army is preparing to make the days of thousands of area kids gift giving in the days ahead even after burglars targetted the warehouse. and taking a look right now, a problem in rockville that is still hanging around. still hanging around. we also have another issue on

who coined the term "side bread?" because there's nothing "side" about this bread. it may look like the moon. but it's the star of the show. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. that sound. like nails on a chalkboard. but listen to this:

(family talking) that's a different kind of sound. the sound of the weekend. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. right now we're seeing a soggy day ahead. this could have an impact on

your drive to work dpelkding on where you live. eun yang is with "storm team 4" chuck bell in the weather center keeping an eye on all this. hey, guys. >> hi. >> what should people be looking out for to be prepared. >> rain moving in for the morning commute, out for the second half of the evening. lunch hour, your lunch day plans could really be messed up today. it's a heavy rain day at nbc "storm team 4." we'll have extra postings on our media pages and on our app. so download the nbc washington app and have it ready to go. four things you need to no. weather alert, rain moving in fast. don't be fooled. take the umbrella. how much rain? up to an-inch of rain. lighter amounts out across the panhandles of w and parts of southern maryland. it's about 2, 2 1/2 hours from

making it into the metro. that puts it downtown before 9:00 a.m. this morning. there's your 24-hour focus. rain moving in in the 40s this morning. rising later on. showers will be in even around 7:00 tonight and by 7:00 a.m. the rain will be gone but the northwest winds will be back. that brings in much colder air for the weekend. sounds good. brand-new problem i'm hearing about in my aefrmt it sounds like we're going to look at that. eastbound montrose after 270, they have that turned. you can sigh still tough to turn onto tower oaks. this morning we had one lane getting by there. taking a look now at 270. 270, nice light volume. again, all this green. this is my radar showing you. it is coming toward 270. it's going to start getting nasty this morning. 66 eastbound before lehigh, we had the crack on the shoulder as

well. we'll talk about travel times in ten minutes. eun? >> thank you. new information this morning in the search for a possible killer. d.c. police are looking for a light blue older model vehicle with tape on the driver's window. they tweeted the alert at the intercession of 36th place and southern avenue last night. breaking news. we're just getting this now. a shooting spree in oklahoma. two people are dead. a man on i-40 was shooting at cars and trucks for 50 miles in three counties. this started at midnight. a man driving with his wife was shot and killed and a woman was shot and killed inside her car. police say the shooter did surrender. they arrested him on suspicion of dui. back to you. >> kristin, thank you. we turn to a developing story.

police in baltimore beginning their day. people continue to express frustration with the legal system there. officer william port 'eers trial ended in a mistrial after a jury couldn't reach a decision. he's the first officer to die. gray died after becoming critically hurt while in police custody earlier this year. responding to the mistrial announcement the family asked for calm and patience. >> i feel confident there will be another trial with a different jury. we are calm. you should be calm too. >> that doesn't always work. that's the nature of our system. i have every confidence that it will work a second time. >> now, today community leaders will hold a press conference in baltimore. they'll encourage people to express their frustrations in a productive way. members for the campaign for justice, safety, and jobs will speak at 10:00 a.m. police shot a teenager in the leg. this happened a few miles away

from where people gather to protest. this was not connected to those protests. chopper 4 was over the scene as emts arrived at the scene. baltimore police say their we responding to a robbery and a 17 would not drop his gone. an officer shot and wounded him and took him to the hospital. happening today, a man suspected of a murder in d.c. court. although police believe others were involved in this crime, wint was the only person ever charged. today metro systems are meeting on the issue of safety and security. this is a follow-up to the investigation of the deadly smoke incident at l'enfant plaza back in january. there will be an update to look at what can be done to prevent that from ever happening again. one woman died and dozens more in injured when an arcing rail

filled a tunnel with smoke. coming up on 6:35. they're getting ready to give out christmas presents to thousands of d.c. children. "news4's" molette green joins us now from the distribution warehouse in d.c. with a smile. molette, good morning. >> reporter: hey, aaron, good morning to you. i want you to take look at this and take it all in as we pull out and show you all of the bags full of gifts and toys. it is the day so many parents and local children depend on. just about a week from christmas when the salvation army starts giving out its angel tree gift, thousands of toys, bikes, clothes for families in need here in the dmv. joining us now is the area kmaern commander, mayor. put it in perspective. >> you can imagine of the children in the community

without assistance like this, there would be no christmas for them. families come to us with a need. >> just in d.c. alone. >> 20,000 in d.c. in the metro area, 14,000. >> that's going to help a lot of folks wchl're going to show you a shot one more time. at 9:00 this morning we want you to to know that local families will start to come here and get these gifts. there will be a special ceremony and the sal valgs army more determined than ever to not stop the cheer even after thieves took aim on some of the gifts. 300 bag of toys and gifts. take a look at that ripped box. that's one of those gifts the thieves broke into. they decided not to take that one. i think they mostly took aim, is that right, major, on the electronics in here. but thanks to the good partners

in the community, walmart, the washington nationals, they helped to collect money and other items to be able to replace the stolen goods so that these children and families could have a nice holiday season. we're live this morning inside the distribution warehouse with a room full of gifts of "news4 today." back to you. >> beautiful site there. molette green live for us. thank you. how vdot says it is addressing concerns about a number of it highway barriers. >> plus the day they've been waiting months for. the crowds that we've already seen building for the premiere of "star wars." >> and we're watching this line of rain. the impact it will have on your

now to a developing story. a report says ash carter used a personal e-mail can't for some of his business. "the new york times" says it happened the first month during his time at the pentagon. carter told the "times" he believes using his personal e-mail was a mistake. you'll recall when hillary clinton used her personal e-mail account. hover board maker swag way and modell sporting goods are being sued over safety concerns. a man in york claims the company failed to warn that the hover boards can catch fire. there have been several case of the hover board bursting into flames while charging. >> good morning, everybody. not raining in downtown

washington just yet. it's out on our doorsteps. first trops arriving at 7:00. in town before 7:30 this morning and into parts of the county. moderate rain here, south of fredericksburg. the heavier rain is 2 1/2 hours. on your way out the door this morning, you're going to need your umbrella, rain boots and jeans. it will be raining hardest about lunchtime today. keep that in mind. recess, it an indoor recess kind of day today. for now, trouble on the 14th street bridge, melissa. >> take look at this. we have a crash blocking the center lanes am one-mime backup. we're burning this on the nbc washington app right now. if you don't have it, make sure you download that today. we can warn you of lots of troubles ahead of time. eastbound ahead of 270, this

looks like you're seeing it. redline no more single tracking there. that is good. taking a look at 270, travel times, 95 looking pretty typical. starting to build vacuum. 66, want co-to the beltway, see you in a few minutes. >> he made head lines when he flew his jie owe cop tore over the national mall, now i'll show you his plans to get back to capitol hill. first bragging news we got into our newsroom. a top administrator for the d.c. school system is out of the job this morning. our scott macfarlane breaking this story.

14 before the hour. a top administrator is resigning. >> scott macfarlane broke the twitter this morning. he joins us live on the phone. what can you tell us? >> good morning. for four years the athletic director has resigned her position "news4" i-team has learned. again, evans had been on the job since 2011 but she had been on leave since october amid questions about her management, her oversight of funding in d.c. public schools athletics. the d.c. public schools has yet to milwaukee a statement on this

but the "news4" i-team has confirmed evans has resigned. it was an i-team "news4" story a few weeks ago. she is out. more information to come. the crash on the all right side causing problems. >> raindrops moving in very, very quickly if it's not already raining at your house. it will be soon. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s with the rain moving in very, very fast. there's "storm team 4" radar. look at the yellows and oranges. that's the moderate rain coming

your way. i'll let you know when the rain will be coming your way coming in the a few minutes at 6:51. developing now, a metrobus driver stabbed right on the bus. we talked to police a little while ago. he said the driver and somebody on the bus got into an gaumt and stabbed him. there it is. after it all happened last night. police arrested one person. the bus driver was taken to the hospital and police do think he's going to be okay. back to you guys. >> developing right now in baltimore, we could see more protests this morning as people react to the mistrial of a police officer connected to freddie gray's death. a protest we saw throughout the city were peaceful. a big difference from the scene we reported on last spring. huge fires, police in riot gear. we want go to "news4's" megan mcgrath. megan. what are you seeing there? >>.

>> reporter: aaron, everything is calm. quite normal. if you look behind. this was the cvs that was looted and set on fire. we're near north and central pennsylvania avenues. this is where the looting and much of the unrest happened following the death of freddie gray. while there's disappointment that the jury has reached a verdict, all is quiet. no incidents overnight. no heightened police presence. nothing out of the ordinary really. last night there were peaceful protests. demonstrators marched from city hall to the neighborhood. no trouble. police kept their distance. there were two arrests that happened earlier in the day that was right after the mistrial was declares and really nothing after that. no major issues overnight. now, freddie gray died after suffering a severe neck jail while in police custody. officer william porter was the first of six to be tried. there could be more protests

today. we'll be keeping an eye on thing. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. >> here are four things you need to know. depending on how a closed door meeting between the judge and the attorneys go, we could get a new retrial date today and if that happens, we will alert you through an nbc washington app alert. in about three weeks the driver of the van, caesar goodson will go on trial. that begins on january 6th. prosecutors chose to try william porter first hoping to use him as a witness in the other trial. this mistrial ruling could make that difficult. also today attorneys will likely want to poll the jury to find their thoughts about this trial. be sure to stay with nbc 4 coming up on the "today" show. we'll have continuing coverage on the situation in baltimore. 6:50 your time now. today, a record-breaking budget that puts a high priority on students in virginia. governor terry mcauliffe, his plan include ing 2,500 teachers

$15 million for veterans and $50 million for the airport. prince william county will be back in class before labor day. we told you the school board was considering this. last night they voted unanimously to start classes be ever that holiday. the newly adopted calendar starts the school year on august 29th, 2016. the school year will end on june 15th, 2017. the wait is almost over. "star wars" fans are already lining up for the new "force awakens" movie. take a look at this. fans who brought chairs and blankets outside of the uptown theater in northwest washington, it's expected to be a record-breaking box office opening. ire expected to be raining on. disney is already planning sequels and spin-offs as early

as next year. breaking news on the road. we still have this problem. it is now out of the center lane. we're still blocking this left lane. o o on one-mile backup. you want to get it. eastbound montrose road after 270. they flipped the camera on me here. right now montrose is a little slow as you're getting off 270 and heading into rockville because of an accident. we still have one lane getting by, right now, 66 and 75. we don't have any problem. again, look at this big blob here. that is all rain. radar showing how much we're going to have to deal with here this morning. it's going likely last for the next couple of hours as our meteorologists are going to tell us. right now prince george's county looking pretty typical. we have these slow speeds headed inbound on indian head highway. again, sadly enough that's normal. colesville road, a little lighter.

perhaps some folks headed out for the holiday. chuck? >> "storm team 4" weather alert. it's also on our "storm team 4" facebook panel. we'll be sending out updates on our app as needed. but a big plume of moisture that goes all the way down to the spine of the appalachians. that heavier rain is 2 1/2 to 3 hours from being inside the beltway, so conditions will go from bad to worse between about 8:00 and 10:00 this morning. already moderate rain along route 15 here in leesburg. interstate 66 and marshal getting wet. dry for now and southern maryland. don't be fooled. it's going to be rang here shortly. rapid refresh model. what does all that mean to you? it means it's on point with when the rain's going to be moving in. there's 10:00 this morning. pockets of moderate rain moving through the metro. that continues through the lunch houfrmt heaviest rain likely between 11:00 in the morning and 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon. after about 3:00 or 4:00, things

should settle down a bit. things really start to dry out after 8:00 or 9:00 tonight and be back to dry weather. right now not cold. kind of chilly and damp. temperatures in the 40s and with the rain moving in, we'll inch our way up into the 50s. if you're headed out for a walk hurry up if you want to stay dry. here's your rain forecast. today, rain moving in for sure. rain heavy at times around lunch hour today. the next big change arrives between the time the sun goes down tonight and comes up tomorrow. that's the cost coming on through. tomorrow, breezy and chilly. the weekend will be sunny but cold. our coldest weekend since last winter. temperatures down into the 20s. in fact, friday night plans, plan on windchills in the teens and 20s. back into the mild 60s by next week. >> chuck, thank you. coming up on 6:55. a developing story in montgomery county.

one man is dead after a shooting on sage way not far from gunners branch park. a neighbor heard the victim's pleas for help and called police. he didn't want his face shown on camera. >> i immediately go over to him and i said do you fwhoe dnow wh did it an where you've been shot. no, i don't know who did it. >> the victim was taken to the hospital where he died. the police has not released his name or any information about a suspect. >> your highways may soon be safer. that is a promise as vdot is making some changes. they're going to replace the heads in high-speed areas where the impact in a crash can be most severe. the industry's trinity guardrail system passed all systems earlier this year. they did not believe those tests were sufficient and paid for its own. they passed most of those as well but they'dy reveal problems when they did hit a guardrail of

a specific video. >> you may remember this vide of man landing a gyrocopter on the lawn of the capitol. he wants a spot inside the building. he would not say who he plans to challenge, only that he's a democrat. he said it's not a stublt. he cares a lot about getting big money out of politics and wants to cohis fight for campaign p finance reform. he'll likely be sentenced next year. 6:56. more things to no. the superstar performing. the metro board will hear updates on security. this is a follow-up to the investigation in l'enfant plaza back in jan. the trial of a police officer. there was no major incident. the metro driver out of the hospital after being stapped by a rider. there was some sort of fight. officers arrested the suspect.

still have a lot of that moist and still have the problem on montrose road as you're approaching 270. chuck? >> rain all day today. sunshine back tomorrow and cold for the weekend. >> got it. thank you, chuck. that is your broadcast this morning. thanks for waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back with weather, traffic and any breaking news. see you then. >> make it a great day, every ♪ (vo) some call it giving back. we call it share the love. during our share the love event, get a new subaru, and we'll donate $250 to those in need. bringing our total donations to over sixty-five million dollars. and bringing love where it's needed most. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru.

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give it a pop. good morning. breaking overnight. the pentagon acknowledges defense secretary ash carter used his personal e-mail account to conduct government business, and kept doing it, even as the hillary clinton e-mail scandal was unfolding. carter now admitting it was a mistake. but the question this morning, why didn't he know better? late night confession. >> i've been a little bit divisive, in the sense that i've been hitting people pretty hard. >> a little bit, yeah. >> a rare admission from donald trump as he tells jimmy kimmel he'd like to see republicans come together. but hours earlier, it was vintage donald. >> i had jeb come at me. you know, low energy. he said it just the way his pollster told him toay